English Collaboration Day

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English Collaboration Days Agenda - BCIU - April 14th

Thank you for participating in the Berks County CFF Collaboration day on April 14, 2009. This is your space to work together as English teachers to share ideas, post lesson plans, and exchange resources.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cGtYWjBLXzMxZktUanZ2dnJUOFp1ZVE6MA..

See the results here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pkXZ0K_31fKTjvvvrT8ZueQ

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Lesson Ideas

• Use the Activotes for PSSA practice/preparation
• Using Photostory - Ideas for the English classroom
  • Photostory Resources
  • Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling --

• Using Inspiration.pdf - Inspiration Instructions

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Blogs used in your classroom

• http://hawksenglish.blogspot.com/ by Sayward Mannino, Hamburg HS
• http://gouglers.blogspot.com/ by Courtney Gougloer, Hamburg MS
• http://ashleybrunner.blogspot.com/ by Ashley Brunner, Hamburg HS
• http://lauwit.edublogs.org/ by Laura Witman, Hamburg HS

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Favorite Internet resources

• Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/
• Writing Prompts - Reader's Digest Writing Prompts
• Citation Machine - Online Citation Generator
• Vocabulary University Online Vocabulary Builder
• http://www.ted.com best ideas of people around the world
• http://www.podbean.com podcasts and audacity
• http://www.wordle.net
• Video Conferencing Sites
• xtranormal text to movie
• http://www.celtx.com

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English class wikis
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Vocabulary Resources

• Promethean resource: Going Ape over SAT vocab: http://www.prometheanplanet.com/server.php?show=conResource.11068
• Interactive resources: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab.htm

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Other resources

• English CFF Wiki -- Classrooms for the Future Wiki for PA teachers
• www.delicious.com
• English Listserv -- Collaborate with other English CFF teachers in Pennsylvania
• Web 2.0 tools -- The best site for Web 2.0 tools!! This is a must see.
• Shmoop - Literature guides
• Skype
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  saving a youtube vid.pdf
  

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• http://infomotions.com/alex/?cmd=titles - electronic text - searchable by title or author

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